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'In 1829 at the Supreme Court in Sydney, the bewitching Jane New was sentenced to death. Her crime: shoplifting a bolt of printed French silk. But was she guilty? Many had their doubts. Although a legal technicality soon quashed Jane's sentence, the autocratic Governor Ralph Darling refused to set her free. Like bees to the honey pot, the gentlemen of Sydney swarmed to Jane's defence including barrister and political agitator William Charles Wentworth and Supreme Court Registrar John Stephen Jr, who were both vigorous and manipulative in their appeals to set her free. An Irresistible Temptation is set against the backdrop of a particularly divisive period in colonial New South Wales. Not only did the scandal titillate Sydney and its legal and political ramifications push the colony to the brink of a constitutional crisis, but it contributed to the savagery of Governor Darling's public vilification and bestowed upon Jane New a place in the annals of Australian colonial history.' - back cover
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Books Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 March 2007; (p. 26)
— Review of An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal 2006 single work biography -
Scandal in the New World
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 January 2007; (p. 37)
— Review of An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal 2006 single work biography -
Convict Tale Tells Our Story
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 1 no. 3 2006; (p. 10-11)
— Review of An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal 2006 single work biography -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 86 no. 4 2006; (p. 31)
— Review of An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal 2006 single work biography
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Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 86 no. 4 2006; (p. 31)
— Review of An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal 2006 single work biography -
Convict Tale Tells Our Story
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 1 no. 3 2006; (p. 10-11)
— Review of An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal 2006 single work biography -
Scandal in the New World
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 January 2007; (p. 37)
— Review of An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal 2006 single work biography -
Books Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 March 2007; (p. 26)
— Review of An Irresistible Temptation : The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal 2006 single work biography
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1800-1899